The microbiology of bacteriuria in men: a 5-year study at a Veterans' Affairs hospital

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Cornia, Paul B ^a   Takahashi, Traci A ^a   Lipsky, Benjamin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Gram stained smear; Male; Microbiology; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIURIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VETERAN;

AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENTIAN VIOLET; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION;

EID: 33747750871     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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